Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly

Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly (died 4 February 2015) was a senior member of the al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) group of al-Qaeda. He was executed in 2015 in response to the Islamic State's beheading of Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh.

Biography
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was born in al-Qa'im in Iraq, and became an Islamist. Karbouly rose to be one of the aides of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and was a top commander of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). He was later arrested by Jordan for his terrorist activities, and was imprisoned alongside Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi in a Jordanian prison. On 4 February 2015, the two of them were executed by hanging in response to the Islamic State's burning of Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Moaz al-Kasasbeh on 3 February 2015.